Phospholipid fatty acid composition of a 2,4,6-trinitrotolune contaminated soil and an uncontaminated soil as affected by a humification remediation process

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 725-729

  Wilke, B M ^a   Gattinger, A ^b   Frohlich E ^a   Zelles, L ^b   Gong, P ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Trinitrotoluene; Humification; Microbial community structure; Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis; Remediation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPOSITION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONTAMINATION; FATTY ACIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REMEDIATION;

HUMIFICATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

SOILS;

EXPLOSIVE; FATTY ACID; HUMIFICATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

EID: 1842484212     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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